[IsraelTimes] Ramallah health ministry says 8 others injured as troops reportedly fire tear gas and live ammunition at Paleostinians throwing stones at settlersA Paleostinian man was killed by Israeli fire on Friday during festivities with troops in the central West Bank, the health ministry in Ramallah said.
The Paleostinian ministry said 33-year-old Othman Ahmed Ladadwa was rubbed out by IDF soldiers in the village of Mazara al-Qibliya. It said eight other Paleostinians were maimed in the festivities. Two of them were in a serious condition including a man who was shot in the head.
Israel said three border coppers were lightly injured dispersing a "violent riot" northwest of Ramallah. A statement from police said hundreds of Paleostinians set off fireworks and hurled rocks at Israeli troops, who "responded with riot dispersal means, and fired in accordance with standard operation procedures."
According to witnesses, the festivities broke out when Israeli settlers came to visit a site near the village and local Paleostinians threw stones at them.
Israeli forces then intervened and fired both tear gas and ammunition at the Paleostinians, the witnesses said.
The West Bank has seen a rise in tensions in recent weeks. Earlier this month, a Paleostinian terrorist rubbed out two Israeli colleagues at an industrial zone adjacent to a settlement in the northern West Bank. The suspect remains on the run.
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[IsraelTimes] Police examine suspicious object in Givat Ze’ev and take it away for investigation; no damage or injuries reported. Givat Ze’ev is located about five kilometers north of the capital. This is the second time this month that an incendiary balloon has been found in the settlement.